DELAY FAULT TESTING OF PSEUDO STATIC CONTROLS

    公开(公告)号:US20220091919A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-24

    申请号:US17543827

    申请日:2021-12-07

    摘要: A circuit includes a dynamic core data register (DCDR) cell that includes a data register, a shift register and an output circuit to route the output state of the data register or the shift register to an output of the DCDR in response to an output control input. A clock gate having a gate control input controls clocking of the shift register in response to a first scan enable signal. An output control gate controls the output control input of the output circuit and controls which outputs from the data register or the shift register are transferred to the output of the output circuit in response to a second scan enable signal. The first scan enable signal and the second scan enable signal to enable a state transition of the shift register at the output of the DCDR.

    SCAN CHAIN SELF-TESTING OF LOCKSTEP CORES ON RESET

    公开(公告)号:US20230152373A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-18

    申请号:US18155190

    申请日:2023-01-17

    IPC分类号: G01R31/3177 G01R31/317

    摘要: A system is provided that includes a memory configured to store test patterns. A first lockstep core and a second lockstep core are configured to receive the same set of test patterns. First scan outputs are generated from the first lockstep core, and second scan outputs are generated from the second lockstep core during a reset of the first lockstep core and the second lockstep core. A comparator can be coupled to the first lockstep core and the second lockstep core and is configured to compare the first scan outputs to the second scan outputs. The first and second lockstep cores can be initialized to a similar state if the first and second scan outputs are the same. The first and second lockstep cores can comprise non-resettable flip flops.

    Multiple input signature register analysis for digital circuitry

    公开(公告)号:US11209481B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-28

    申请号:US16217289

    申请日:2018-12-12

    摘要: A system includes a multiple input signature register (MISR) to receive outputs from M different scan chains in response to N test patterns applied to test an integrated circuit. The MISR provides N test signatures for the integrated circuit based on the outputs of the M different scan chains generated in response to each of the N test patterns. Each of the scan chains holds one or more test data bits that represent behavior of the integrated circuit in response to each of the N test patterns. A shift register is loaded from an interface and holds one of N comparison signatures that is used to validate a respective one of the N test signatures generated according to a given one of the N test patterns. A comparator compares each of the N test signatures with a respective one of the N comparison signatures to determine a failure condition based on the comparison.